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Forever Howlong

Album • Apr 4, 2025 • 11 songs, 52m 16s
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After several years of lineup and repertoire changes, the UK group returns with an ambitious and unabashedly twee album overflowing with baroque flourishes and communal spirit.
As different as Forever Howlong is from the band’s other output, is simultaneously the most distinct Black Country, New Road has ever been.
London sextet return with Black Country, New Road their third studio album, ‘Forever Howlong’ – and they’ve still got it.
Black Country, New Road have lost a singer but feel liberated in a new triple-frontwoman set-up which takes them to new heights
They've emerged stronger, more adventurous, and somehow more themselves than ever.
A jubilant rebirth.
Catalysed by their restless reinvention, Black Country, New Road's new album Forever Howlong proves that the possibilities for this tight bunch remain endless.
During their original run with frontman Isaac Wood, Black Country, New Road quickly earned themselves a feverish and obsessive fanbase. Something about
Sharing lead vocals since the exit of frontman Isaac Wood, the band sound less intense but more agile on a set rich in vivid moments and exceptional musicianship<br>
Black Country New Road's new LP embraces ornate baroque pop, shifting from raw intensity to intricate melancholy. Brilliant yet overstuffed, it rewards patience.
After losing their frontman, the band’s third studio album shows how resilient and adaptable they are, with luscious melodies, fantastical lyrics and lots of recorders